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==== Claims of Indigenous Descent ====

==== Claims of Indigenous Descent ====

The FSS staff, regular and so-called guest faculty, listed on both the US and European site are all Euro-American. None of these persons are indigenous; only one of the teachers, Louise Gauthrier, claims links to indigenous cultures mentioning she ''„was introduced to Native spirituality and traditions by a friend of the family, who had been adopted by the Mohawks from the Kanesatake reservation. More recently, in the 1990s, she followed the Maniwaki spiritual leader of all North American Natives, Grandfather William Commanda, as well as the teachings from pipe carriers and grandmothers from the Algonquin, Atikamek and Mi’kmaq traditions. In 2008, she discovered an Algonquin Weskarini ancestor and can now call herself Algonquin metis.“''<ref>http://www.shamanism.org/fssinfo/Gauthierbio.html  accessed Nov. 28, 2012</ref>

The FSS staff, regular and so-called guest faculty, listed on both the US and European site are all Euro-American. None of these persons are indigenous; only one of the teachers, Louise Gauthier, claims links to indigenous cultures mentioning she ''„was introduced to Native spirituality and traditions by a friend of the family, who had been adopted by the Mohawks from the Kanesatake reservation. More recently, in the 1990s, she followed the Maniwaki spiritual leader of all North American Natives, Grandfather William Commanda, as well as the teachings from pipe carriers and grandmothers from the Algonquin, Atikamek and Mi’kmaq traditions. In 2008, she discovered an Algonquin Weskarini ancestor and can now call herself Algonquin metis.“''<ref>http://www.shamanism.org/fssinfo/Gauthierbio.html  accessed Nov. 28, 2012</ref>

First of all, the description given of the role of William Commanda is not based on facts but is a gross misrepresentation.  

First of all, the description given of the role of William Commanda is not based on facts but is a gross misrepresentation.